Cigar-perforator.



S. H. FLANDERS.

CIGAR PERFORATOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I6. 1915.

1,1 77,852. Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

rinrrnn s'ra'rns 'ra n *orrro SAMUEL H. FLANIDERS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HAL-F TO GARDNER M. BURGESS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHOIDE ISLAND.

CIGAR-PERFORATOR.

Application filed April 16, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. FLANDERs,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Ithode Island, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cigar-Perforators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cigar perforator, and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character small enough to be used as a watch charm and provided with a rotatable drill, cutter or piercing member adapted to enter the end of the cigar to pierce the same without injuring the wrapper.

It is found in practice that a cutter for severing the end of the cigar, is often considered objectionable as the cutting of the tip permits the wrapper to loosen, but by my improved rotatable piercing device, lam enabled to pass the cutter into the tip end of the cigar without in any way injuring the wrapper. 7

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully de-.

scribed, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

in the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my improved cigar perforator ready to be attached to a watch chain as a charm. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the drill and holder. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation showing the inner tubular member with the helix mounted therein. Fig. 1- is an end view of the inner tubular member showing the guiding key therein. Fig. 5 is a detail of the helix adapted to be connected to the inner tubular member. Fig. (3- is a sectional view showing the outer tubular member in which the Inner member slides. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the thin washers which supports the end of the drill holder. Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the perforator complete, also indicating the end of a cigar in dotted lines in position to be perforated. Fig. 9 is a plan view showing a modified form of end cap for the inner tube having lips in its center hole for engaging the grooves in the drill.

Referring to the drawings 10 designates the outer tubular member which is provided with a lining 11 having a longitudinal slot Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4 1916..

Serial no. 21,803.

12 therein extending from the outer end 13 nearly to its opposite end 1 1. At the end of the slot is a narrow collar 22 also split as at 23 for the purpose of facilitating the assembling of the parts as hereinafter described. The inner tubular member, 15 is provided with a lining 16 in which is fixed a helix 17, the latter being formed of a wire, see Fig. 5, bent into an open screw shape of extended pitch and is secured to the lining 16 by solder or otherwise. The outer end 18 of this inner tubular member is closed with a cupshaped member 19 having a central hole 20 through which the drill or cutter presently described, is designed to slide. On the outer. side of this inner tube 15 is a key member 21 adapted to fit and slide in the longitudinal slot 12 in the outer member. The cutter or drill 24 is secured or fixed in the holder 25 and onthe side of the holder are two spaced apart lugs 26 which are designed to be placed over and engage the opposite sides of the helix 17, whereby when one is moved relative to the other the drill or cutter is revolved, axially. The outer end 27 of this holder is provided with a reduced neck portion, whereby the slot 28 in the disk 29 is adapted to be passed around this reduced portion and when this washer is secured in position at 13 in the outer tube the inner end of the drill or drill holder is rotatably held therein. f

In assembling this perforator the inner tubular member, see Fig. 3, is first formed complete with its outer end cap 19, lining and helix fixed in position by solder or otherwise and is then passed into the outer tubular shell 10, the key-21 being passed through the slot 23 in the collar 22 which is rotated in line with the slot 12 in the .lining 11. .After this key has been passed up into the slot 12 this collar is then rotated back bringing its slot out of alinement with slot 12 and secured in this position by a drop of solder thereby forming a stop to prevent the two members from again being separated, then the edge 31 of the outer tube is rolled over this collar binding the whole firmly together and forming a finish forthis end of the tube, Next the drill member is positioned from the end 13 of the outer tube, the two lugs 26 embracing the helix 17 in the inner member, and the outer 20 inthe inner tube which serves as a guide ber is placed'a cap 3% having a ring 35 adapted to be readily connected to a watch chain, whereby the device may serve as a neat and attractive charm as well as that era handy cigar perforator.

In order to operate the device it is only necessary to press the end of the cigar against the cap :end 19 of the perforator thereby causing one tube to slide within the other which action serves to rotate the drill or piercerand at the same time cause it to enter or pierce the end of the cigar without" injuring the wrapper.

In some cases it is found desirable especially when the piercing perforator member 24 is made in the form of a twist drill as shown in Figs. 2 and 8, to provide the end cap 19 for the inner tube 15 with a pair of inwardly projecting lips 30, see Fig. 9, which lips are adapted to enter the grooves in the twist drill and cause the same to 1'0- tate when the drill and cap receive relative movement and when these cooperating lips engage the drill it is, of course, unnecessary to employ the helix 17 and the projections 26 on the side of the drill holder thus simpli'fying the construction of the device.

Iclaim:

1. A cigar perforator comprising an outer tubular member, an inner tubular member telescoping therewith, a spring acting to hold said members in distended relation, means for preventing relative rotation of said members, a helical wire secured within the inner member, and a drill rotatably Copies of this patent may be obtained for. five cents each, by addressing-the Commissioner of Patents mounted in the outer ends of said tubular members and having, spaced apart lugs straddling said helical wire.

2. A cigar perforator comprising an outer tubular member, an inner tubular member. telescoping therewith, a spring acting to hold said members in distended relation, means for preventing relative rotation of said members, a tubular lining inclosed within the inner tubular member, a helical wire attached to and inclosed within said lining, and a drill rotatably mounted in the outer ends of the tubular members and having spaced apart lugs straddling said helical wire.

3. A cigar perforator comprising an outer tubular member, an inner tubular member telescoping therewith, a spring acting to hold said members in distendedrelation, a

tubular lining inclosed within the outer casing and provided with a longitudinally disposed slot, the inner tubular member being provided with a spline engaging said slot, a helical wire secured within the ll'lIlGI':

member, and a drill rotatably mounted: in

the outer ends of said tubular members and members, a helical wire secured within the j inner member, a drill holder having a reduced neck, a slotted disk contiguous to the closed end of the outer member and engaging said reduced neck, the closed endof the inner member being provided with an opening for the passage of the drill member.

In testimony whereof I my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL H. FLANDELRSV Witnesses:

HOWARD E. BARLOW, A. F. MACREADY.

Washington, D. C. 

